Zacapa () is the departmental capital municipality of
Zacapa Department
Zacapa () is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. It lies in eastern Guatemala with its capital in the city of Zacapa, approximately 112 kilometers (70 miles) from Guatemala City.
Geography
To the north lie the departments of Alta Verapaz ...
, one of the 22
Departments of Guatemala
Guatemala is divided into 22 departments (Spanish: ''departamentos'')
which are in turn divided into 340 municipalities.
In addition, Guatemala has claimed that all or part of the nation of Belize
Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean an ...
. It is located approximately from
Guatemala City
Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, ne ...
.
Sports
Football club
Deportivo Zacapa
Deportivo Zacapa Tellioz is a Guatemalan football club from Zacapa, nicknamed ''"Los Gallos"'' (The Roosters). They play in the Primera División de Ascenso.
The team plays its home games at the Estadio David Ordoñez Bardales
The Estadio Muni ...
competes in
Guatemala's top division and play their home games at the
Estadio David Ordoñez Bardales
The Estadio Municipal David Alfonso Ordóñez Bardales is a football stadium located in Zacapa, Guatemala
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. Their team mascot is the Gallo (rooster).
Etymology
Historian and poet, Capitán Don
Francisco Antonio De Fuentes Y Guzmán
Francisco Antonio de Fuentes y Guzmán (1643–1700) was a Guatemalan '' criollo'' historian and poet. His only surviving work is the '' Recordación Florida''.
Biography
Fuentes y Guzmán was born to a wealthy family in Santiago de los Caballer ...
notes in his ''Remembrance Florida,'' the name Zacapa derives from Nahuatl Zacatl meaning grass or weed, and apan meaning in the river, a word which in turn is composed of atl also meaning water, river, and apan. Zacapa means on the river of grass.
See also
*
Zacapa rum, a brand named for this department.
References
Municipalities of the Zacapa Department
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